Weather Alert

EARLY CLOSURE MARCH 4 - Due to the forecast for severe winter weather, Creighton's Omaha campus will close at 7 P.M. this evening. 

All in-person classes, clinics, and events, regardless of start time, are asked to end by 7 P.M. For those needing a shuttle, please visit my.creighton.edu for the most up-to-date maps and schedule. Shuttles will run until 8 P.M. this evening. We encourage you to be mindful of other closures or impacted services across the city as well. 

Employees, including those classified as responsible for “essential operations” should review Creighton's Weather and Emergency-Related Absence Policy and work with your immediate supervisor on expectations for job functions during this curtailment of campus operations. 

Please take proper winter weather precautions throughout the day and contact public safety at 402.280.2911 for any emergencies.

Humanities and Health Justice Pathways

Forming First-Generation Professionals

Are you passionate about creating a future that promises health and justice for all? 

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Be one of the first to take part in a new program for first-generation freshmen and sophomores. 

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TSC 145: Reimagining Care, with The People's Hospital

The next activity in the pathway is a one-credit course, TSC 145: Reimagining Care, offered in spring. We will provide students with free copies of The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine, by Ricardo Nuila, MD, and have a discussion with the author on Zoom. 

For more information or questions, contact:

Who Can Apply?

  1. First or second-year students who represent the first generation in their family to attend college (parent/s have not completed a four-year degree)
  2. Students admitted to Creighton University or Arizona State University
  3. Students from any major program of study (undergraduate programs, including undecided)
  4. Students interested in health* careers 

*Health broadly defined; your interests may be in healthcare, health policy, health administration, health & society, bioethics, medical anthropology, music therapy, neuroscience, public health, or many more. See Pipeline AZ for a wealth of career ideas.

There is no additional cost to apply or attend. This program represents a collaboration between  Creighton and Arizona State University.

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    Made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.

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